Chauncey Wright Quotes
Let one persuade many, and he becomes confirmed and convinced, and cares for no better evidence.
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But Buddy was an upper. He was happy. He loved music, and he was really happy. I don't know... I don't believe in reincarnation at all, but if all that stuff is true, then he might have been on his last time around.
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You put anyone in the outfit, and they look like Gandalf. Not that clever.
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I feel like Adele is a diva. Not in the bad way. She is one of the greatest voices of this industry and of her own art. What she offers is so unique that she's risen to such a status that very few artists can enjoy.
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I'm a better polemicist in prose.
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I carry a lot of muscle easily.
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It's really a sad story, and I liked that. The songs on this album talk about relationships in every aspect.
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Criticism is prejudice made plausible.
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A lot of people tend to glorify the role of satire and comedians. They put them up as role models, as fighters for the truth and against tyranny, and I think that's overrated.
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At a shoot, I'm really aware of everything. When they do makeup, sometimes I can't see what they're doing, but I can feel it. I know what I look like, even when I can't see what they've done. I know how to compose myself.
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You know, I'm a curvy woman and I just want to be comfortable with that.
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I am still hungry; I still hate defeats. There is no substitute for victories.
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This is unusual for me. I have given readings and not lectures. I have told people who ask for lectures that I have no lecture to give. And that is true.
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There's only two kinds of actors - good ones and bad ones... and lucky ones and unlucky ones.
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The government's job is good governance for everybody. My government will make policies; if you fit into it, come on board, or stay where you are. My job is not to spoon-feed anyone.
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Every poll shows that most journalists are Democrats.
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Great Art is Great because it inspired you greatly. If it didn't, no matter what the critics, the museums and the galleries say, it's not great art for you.
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I have no style. There are certain people who just have a visual sense that defines their work. You could probably watch 30 seconds of anything they do and you'll know exactly who directed it. I don't have that skill.
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I've made a lot of movies with kids in them. I don't know why that is, but it's something I've noticed.
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Practicing is not only playing your instrument, either by yourself or rehearsing with others - it also includes imagining yourself practicing. Your brain forms the same neural connections and muscle memory whether you are imagining the task or actually doing it.
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When the morning's freshness has been replaced by the weariness of midday, when the leg muscles give under the strain, the climb seems endless, and suddenly nothing will go quite as you wish it is then that you must not hesitate.
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It's heartbreaking that so many hundreds of millions of people around the world are desperate for the right to vote, but here in America people stay home on election day.
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Let one persuade many, and he becomes confirmed and convinced, and cares for no better evidence.
